Ashland, Ore. — One of the independent films with Rogue Valley ties took home top honors at the Ashland Independent Film Festival this weekend. NBC5 News gave you a sneak peek of Bastards y Diablos last week.
The film swept both the jury and the audience categories for “Best Feature Film”.
Bastards y Diablos follows the story of two estranged brothers who are brought together by the death of their father. It was shot over 35 days in 9 Colombian cities, with a budget of only $25,000.
Ashland was the movie’s fourth film festival showcase, and they’re not done yet.
“Next step will be the East Coast, going to New York,” Executive Producer and leading actor, Dillon Porter says, “and then going back to Colombia to show it there in Medellin one of the cities that we filmed in.”
Porter graduated from South Medford High School, and is now living in Los Angeles.
The complete list of award-winning films follows:
JURY AWARDS
BEST FEATURE
Bastards y Diablos
BEST ACTING
Five Nights in Maine
Honorable Mention: A Light Beneath Their Feet
BEST SHORT FILM
Killer
Honorable Mention: El Tigre
LES BLANK AWARD: BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Hooligan Sparrow
Honorable Mention: The Birth of Saké
BEST EDITING: FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
NUTS!
Honorable Mention: In Pursuit of Silence
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
100 Years Show
Honorable Mention: Greenwood
AUDIENCE AWARDS
VARSITY AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Bastards y Diablos
ROGUE CREAMERY AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Voyagers Without Trace
JIM TEECE AUDIENCE AWARD FOR SHORT FILM
The Stairs
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Mothering Inside
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